Construction of a system for head and neck tumor traceless resection with non-inflatable transaxillary total endoscopic surgery

• Published in: World journal of surgical oncology 2023-07, Vol.21 (1), p.221-221, Article 221
• Main Authors: Sun, Ronghao, Wang, Xu, Malouta, Michelle Z, Zhou, Yuqiu, Cai, Yongcong, Shui, Chunyan, Jiang, Jian, Sheng, Jianfeng, Zheng, Chuanming, Tian, Wen, Li, Chao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Care and treatment; Contraindications; Cosmetology; Diagnosis; Endoscopic surgery; Endoscopy; Endoscopy - methods; Head & neck cancer; Head and neck; Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery; Head and neck surgery; Head and neck tumors; Humans; Hyperthyroidism; Lymphatic system; Metastasis; Methodology; Neck; Neck Dissection - methods; Non-inflatable; Oral cancer; Patient outcomes; Patients; Plastic surgery; Preservation; Robots; Submandibular gland; Surgeons; Surgery; Surgery, Plastic; Surgical apparatus & instruments; Thyroid; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery; Thyroidectomy; Thyroidectomy - methods; Transaxillary approach; Tumor; Tumors
• ISSN: 1477-7819; 1477-7819
• DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-03033-6

Radical cure and functional preservation of tumors are the fundamental goals of surgical treatment of head and neck tumors, and the preservation of good aesthetics is a higher pursuit on this basis. Fully hiding the surgical incision and reducing the visibility of scars are important goals of cosmetic surgery. Using complete endoscopy for the head and neck is an effective method. CO -free transaxillary total endoscopic surgery is a method with many advantages, which has been widely used in the resection of thyroid tumors, but for other parts and types of tumors in the head and neck, this surgical method is rarely used. The research team expanded its application scope and applied it to submandibular gland tumor resection and other head and neck surgeries for the first time. Through this exploration, it improved traction devices such as retractors, strictly limited the surgical indications, analyzed and summarized the key points, steps and methods of surgery, and built a treatment system for head and neck tumor surgery under complete endoscopy using the non-inflatable transaxillary approach. In this article, we introduce the system and select typical cases to share.